UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-6918

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
FELIX ESCOBAR,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., Senior
District Judge. (CR-96-251-A)

Submitted:

October 7, 1999

Decided:

October 14, 1999

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Felix Escobar, Appellant Pro Se. Rebeca Hidalgo Bellows, Assistant
United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:
Felix Escobar seeks to appeal the district courts order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. 2255 (West Supp. 1999).
We have reviewed the record and the district courts opinion and
find no reversible error.

Accordingly, we deny a certificate of

appealability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.

See United States v. Escobar, No. CR-96-251-A (E.D.

Va. Apr. 21, 1999).*

We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.

DISMISSED

Although the district courts order is marked as filed on

April 19, 1999, the district courts order was entered on the
docket sheet on April 21, 1999. Pursuant to Rules 58 and 79(a) of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, it is the date that the order
was entered on the docket sheet that we take as the effective date
of the district courts decision. See Wilson v. Murray, 806 F.2d
1232, 1234-35 (4th Cir. 1986).
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